Ebon Atoll, Pacific Ocean - An emaciated man whose boat washed up on a
remote Pacific atoll this week claims he survived 16 months adrift on the
Pacific, floating more than 12 500km from Mexico, a researcher said on
Friday.
The man, with long beard and hair, was discovered on Thursday when his 24-
foot (about 7m) fibreglass boat with propellerless engines floated onto the
reef at Ebon Atoll and he was spotted by two locals.